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Whether you’ve never played a full tilt poker 180 player sit and go tournament or you’re just looking on improving your win ratio, this guide will send you in the right direction. The most common online poker room to play 180 player tournaments is on PokerStars since they fill up very quickly. Other poker room’s offer these types of tournaments, but they often take awhile too fill up. In a 180 player sit and go tournament the top 18 players make money which is exactly 10% of the playing field.

* You need to play 180 player sit and go tournaments similarly to how you would play a cash game. In some sit and go tournaments you’re better off playing patiently, but in this type of tournament it isn’t advisable to play slowly. Since only the top 10% of players in the tournament will make money you need to make sure you’re constantly building up your stack. If you play too patiently in these tournaments you’ll end up getting eaten alive by the blinds which isn’t how you want to be eliminated.

* A large percentage of the players that compete in 180 man sit and go tournaments will play loose. There are always a lot of all-in hands between players and you need to be willing to make an all-in call with marginal hands. You can’t wait for pocket aces and kings all the time in these tournaments as you’re not always going to get them. Often you’ll have the best hand with marginal hands such as A/J, A/10, J/J, 10/10 and 9/9. Calling with these hands are fine in 180 player sit and go tournaments, if you end up losing the hand it isn’t a big deal.

* A huge part of 180 player sit and go tournaments is luck and trust me you’re going to need to get lucky in order to win these. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve gone all-in with the best hand and lost to a marginal hand that shouldn’t have really even called. As long as you get your chips into the pot with the best hand you can’t ask for anything else.

* As the tournament winds down and you get close to the money bubble you can begin tightening up your game until you reach the money. Once the playing field is down to about 25-30 players you will notice that the action begins slowing down for the most part. If you’re in the top 18 positions at this point in the tournament then you don’t want to take any unneeded risks. However, if you’re dealt a real hand you need to still be willing to ship your chips so that you can try solidifying your chance at making a deep run.

* Once you make the final table in a 180 player sit and go tournament you should generally be patient if you have the poker chips to do so. As long as you have around 15-20X the big blind then you still have room to be patient and wait for a big hand. While you wait for a big hand other players left in the tournament might get eliminated which will help you earn more money. When you finish in 10th-18th you receive the same prize, but for every position you move up on the final table you’ll earn more money. The difference between finishing in 4th place and 9th place is quite a bit of money in this type of tournament.